On September 12, 2001, Bleeth was arrested in Romulus, Michigan, after her car pulled off the highway and wound up on a median on Interstate 94 as she and her future husband, Paul Cerrito, were heading to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. No other cars were involved.
quasi-. 1. a combining form meaning âresembling,â âhaving some, but not all of the features of,â used in the formation of compound words: quasi-definition; quasi-monopoly; quasi-official; quasi-scientific. Origin. < Latin quasi as if, as though, equivalent to qua(m) as + sÄ« if. Can be confused.
[Latin, Almost as it were; as if; analogous to.] In the legal sense, the term denotes that one subject has certain characteristics in common with another subject but that intrinsic and material differences exist between them. A Quasi Contract is an obligation invoked by law in the absence of an agreement. Its purpose is to create a legal duty where, in fact, no promise or agreement was entered into by the parties. When an Administrative Agency makes rules and regulations, it is acting in a quasi-legislative capacity.